Asia/Oceania Group II First Round
Tehran, Iran
April 17-19, 1998

   
Iran defeated Qatar 5-0  
Farhad Tadayon (IRI) d. Mohamed Ali Haji (QAT) 63 64 60
Farshad Talavar (IRI) d. Mubarak Al-Tubaishi (QAT) 62 46 60 60
Ramin Raziani/Akbar Taheri (IRI) d. Mohamed Ali Haji/Mohamed Ali Saoud (QAT) 63 62 62
Farshad Talavar (IRI) d. Mohamed Ali Haji (QAT) 61 62
Farhad Tadayon (IRI) d. Mubarak Al-Tubaishi (QAT) 62 63
  

Asia/Oceania Group III
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Hard
April 15-19, 1998
   
Group A Results
Syria defeated Singapore 2-1
Rabi Bou-Hassoun (SYR) d. Yang-Tat Sherman Lim (SIN) 63 62
Samir Saad El Din (SYR) d. Ju-Min Adrian Lam (SIN) 61 62
Jensen Hiu/Leng-Kar Yiu (SIN) d. Lais Salim/Mohamed Jehad Sheet (SYR) 62 63
  
Kazakhstan defeated Sri Lanka 3-0
Pavel Baranov (KAZ) d. Rohan De Silva (SRI) 64 64
Alexei Kedriouk (KAZ) d. Jayendra Wijeyesekera (SRI) 63 62
Pavel Baranov/Igor Chaldoounov (KAZ) d. Rajeev Rajapakse/Samitha Mahinju Ranaweera (SRI) 64 64
  
Sri Lanka defeated Syria 2-1
Rabi Bou-Hassoun (SYR) d. Rohan De Silva (SRI) 63 64
Jayendra Wijeyesekera (SRI) d. Samir Saad El Din (SYR) 46 61 60
Rohan De Silva/Jayendra Wijeyesekera (SRI) d. Rabi Bou-Hassoun/Samir Saad El Din (SYR) 57 62 61
  
Kazakhstan defeated Singapore 3-0
Pavel Baranov (KAZ) d. Jensen Hiu (SIN) 60 57 64
Alexei Kedriouk (KAZ) d. Yang-Tat Sherman Lim (SIN) 63 63
Pavel Baranov/Alexei Kedriouk (KAZ) d. Ju-Min Adrian Lam/Yang-Tat Sherman Lim (SIN) 62 64
  
Kazakhstan defeated Syria 3-0
Pavel Baranov (KAZ) d. Rabi Bou-Hassoun (SYR) 76(4) 62 63
Alexei Kedriouk (KAZ) d. Samir Saad El Din (SYR) 60 60
Igor Chaldounov/Alexei Kedriouk(SYR) d. Lais Salim/Mohamed Jehad Sheet (SYR) 62 60
  
Sri Lanka defeated Singapore 3-0
Rohan De Silva (SRI) d. Yang-Tat Sherman Lim (SIN) 61 36 62
Jayendra Wijeyesekera (SRI) d. Leng-Kar Yiu (SIN) 60 61
Rajeev Rajapakse/Samitha Mahinju Ranaweera (SRI) d. Jensen Hiu/Len-Kar Yiu (SIN) 62 75
  
  
Group B Results
Malaysia defeated Kuwait 2-1
Mohammad Al-Ghareeb (KUW) d. Ramayah Ramachandran (MAS) 45 Ret
Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) d. Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) 75 76(1)
Vasuthevan Ortchuan/Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) d. Mohammad Al-Ghareeb/Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) 61 63
  
Saudi Arabia defeated Tajikistan 2-1
Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel (KSA) d. Sergei Makashin (TJK) 63 62
Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) d. Othman Saleh Al-Anazi (KSA) 62 63
Othman Al-Anazi/Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel (KSA) d. Mansour Takhjaev/Bakhrullo Radjabalien (TJK) 64 60
  
Malaysia defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1
Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel (KSA) d. Vasuthevan Ortchuan (MAS) 46 63 62
Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) d. Othman Saleh Al-Anazi (KSA) 62 64
Vasuthevan Ortchuan/Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) d. Othman Saleh Al-Anazi/Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel (KSA) 64 63
  
Tajikistan defeated Kuwait 2-1
Mohammad Al-Ghareeb (KUW) d. Sergei Makashin (TJK) 63 63
Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) d. Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) 62 63
Sergei Makashin/Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) d. Mohammad Al-Ghareeb/Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) 64 64
  
Tajikistan defeated Malaysia 2-1
Sergei Makashin (TJK) d. Abdul Aziz Shazali (MAS) 61 61
Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) d. Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) 76(6) 76(13)
Vasuthevan Ortchuan/Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) d. Sergei Makashin/Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) 76(2) 61
  
Saudi Arabia defeated Kuwait 2-1
Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel (KSA) d. Hussain Al-Ghareeb (KUW) 63 46 62
Mohammad Al-Ghareeb (KUW) d. Othman Saleh Al-Anazi (KSA) 63 64
Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel/Fareh Al-Somali (KSA) d. Mohammad Al-Ghareeb/Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) 76(4) 62
  
Play-offs for 1st-4th positions: 
Kazakhstan defeated Tajikistan 3-0
Pavel Baranov (KAZ) d. Sergei Makashin (TJK) 62 64
Alexei Kedriouk (KAZ) d. Mansoour Takhjaev (TJK) 76(2) 61
Pavel Baranov/Igor Chaldounov (KAZ) d. Roustam Amonov/Sergei Makashin (TJK) 62 63
  
Sri Lanka defeated Malaysia 2-1
Rohan De Silva (SRI) d. Vasuthevan Ortchuan (MAS) 62 63
Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) d. Jayendra Wijeyesekera (SRI) 75 61
Rohand De Silva/Jayendra Wijeyesekera (SRI) d. Ramayah Ramachandran/Selvam Veerasingam (MAS) 06 75 63
  
Final: 
Kazakhstan defeated Sri Lanka 3-0
Pavel Baranov (KAZ) d. Rajeev Rajapakse (SRI) 63 61
Alexei Kedriouk (KAZ) d. Samitha Mahinju Ranaweera (SRI) 61 63
Pavel Baranov/Igor Chaldounov (KAZ) d. Rajeev Rajapakse/Samitha Mahinju Ranaweera (SRI) 75 60
  
Play-off for 3rd/4th positions: 
Tajikistan defeated Malaysia 3-0
Sergei Makashin (TJK) d. Abdul Aziz Shazali (MAS) 64 61
Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) d. Vasuthevan Ortchuan (MAS) 61 63
Sergei Makashin/Mansour Takhjaev (TJK) d. Vasuthevan Ortchuan/Abdul Aziz Shazali (MAS) 76(4) 62
  
  
Play-offs for 5th-8th positions: 
Syria defeated Kuwait 2-1
Rabi Bou-Hassoun (SYR) d. Mohammad Al-Ghareeb (KUW) 64 64
Samir Saad El Din (SYR) d. Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) 63 61
Hussain Al-Ghareeb/Ali Hayat (KUW) d. Lais Salim/Mohamed Jehad Sheet (SYR) 76(8) 63
  
Saudi Arabia defeated Singapore 2-1
Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel (KSA) d. Jensen Hiu (SIN) 60 62
Yang-Tat Sherman Lim (SIN) d. Othman Saleh Al-Anazi (KSA) 63 63
Bader-Mohamed Al-Megayel/Fareh Al-Somali (KSA) d. Ju-Min Adrian Lam/Yang-Tat Sherman Lim (SIN) 76(3) 62
  
Final: 
Syria defeated Saudi Arabia 3-0
Rabi Bou-Hassoun (SYR) d. Fareh Al-Somali (KSA) 63 62
Samir Saad El Din (SYR) d. Tawfik Moafa (KSA) 62 60
Lais Salim/Mohamed Jehad Sheet (SYR) d. Fareh Al-Somali/Tawfik Moafa 63 63
  
Play-off for 7th/8th positions: 
Singapore defeated Kuwait 2-1
Jensen Hiu (SIN) d. Ali Hayat (KUW) 62 62
Hussain Al-Ghareeb (KUW) d. Leng-Kar Yiu (SIN) 26 63 64
Jensen Hiu/Leng-Kar Yiu (SIN) d. Hussain Al-Ghareeb/Ali Hayat (KUW) 64 61
  
Final Positions: 
1. Kazakhstan
2. Sri Lanka
3. Tajikistan
4. Malaysia
5. Syria
6. Saudi Arabia
7. Singapore
8. Kuwait
   
Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka promoted to Asia/Oceania Group II in 1999.
Kuwait and Singapore relegated to Asia/Oceania Group IV in 1999.